Comments on: Empathy for Wingnuts (?!?) http://www.stickybuffalo.com/2009/empathy-for-wingnuts Belaboring the Obvious Since 2001 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: gray http://www.stickybuffalo.com/2009/empathy-for-wingnuts#comment-240 gray Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:25:39 +0000 http://www.stickybuffalo.com/?p=341#comment-240 A couple of comments on my own post: <div> </div> <div>1. Obviously, I'm being overly simplistic here, both in my opening perspective and the one I lay out here.  There's tons more going on here.</div><br><br> <div> </div> <div>2. This may be completely obvious to everybody (it was just an idle thought for me), but I think it warrants being made explicit.</div><br><br> <div> </div> <div>3. My own optimism is almost entirely buried by my dread.  I'm not at all confident that Obama's trust in Geithner is justified, and I'm not at all convinced that they're not just making things worse.  I really don't know what to think; I'm completely ignorant of this stuff.  On the one hand, Krugman's a smart guy and knows WAY more about this stuff than I do.  On the other hand, Krugman has been nursing an apparent grudge against Obama for a couple of years now, and his area of specialization isn't particularly relevant to the domestic economic crisis (from what I can tell).  So, I dunno. But I suspect that, if certain so-called "moderate" Democrats in the Senate didn't need to have their egos stroked, Obama's plan would be a lot better than the Geithner/Summers plan.</div> A couple of comments on my own post:

1. Obviously, I’m being overly simplistic here, both in my opening perspective and the one I lay out here.  There’s tons more going on here.
2. This may be completely obvious to everybody (it was just an idle thought for me), but I think it warrants being made explicit.
3. My own optimism is almost entirely buried by my dread.  I’m not at all confident that Obama’s trust in Geithner is justified, and I’m not at all convinced that they’re not just making things worse.  I really don’t know what to think; I’m completely ignorant of this stuff.  On the one hand, Krugman’s a smart guy and knows WAY more about this stuff than I do.  On the other hand, Krugman has been nursing an apparent grudge against Obama for a couple of years now, and his area of specialization isn’t particularly relevant to the domestic economic crisis (from what I can tell).  So, I dunno. But I suspect that, if certain so-called “moderate” Democrats in the Senate didn’t need to have their egos stroked, Obama’s plan would be a lot better than the Geithner/Summers plan.
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